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Become a 3D TV Show Producer With TVnima

Posted on April 29, 2009
Guillaume Condomines

When Dassault Systems decides to use all their experience and technology to propose an innovative virtual reality based service, they won’t just go halfway. The proof is the launch of TVnima.

Given the speed at which technology improves, it is not out of line to think that in the next decade, virtual reality may become a part of our everyday lives. This is what Dassault systems is betting on by investing in this technology.

Having many years experience in the field, this gem of the European industry has decided to take this technology out of the exclusive professional and industrial context and make it available to the public at large. This is how TVnima was created, a 3D video presentation service, using personalized "avatars". They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is the type of creation possible through TVnima:

Vincent se présente grâce à son Avatar !
by BuzzParadise

As you saw, the service allows one to create their own 3D shows, highly personalized ones at that. It includes a "text to speech" program, which transforms text into audio, as seen in the video above. However, it is also possible to insert any MP3 file, including of one’s own voice. One can insert a number of different types of media (sound, image and video) to the platform, and the direction is extremely customizable, as there are numerous camera angles and avatar movements to choose from. The service is still in its Beta version, but invitations are available on demand directly on the site.

To communicate around this very 2.0 service, TVnima called on BuzzParadise to relay information to its targeted audience. A few lucky European bloggers (such as dandies.fr or yannicklejeune.com for example) were lucky enough to receive a personalized video presentation of their own blog made with the 3D service. This little surprise was followed by a dozen bloggers being given the chance to meet the TVnima creation team in the brand new headquarters. They were able to assist a presentation of the development software palette, including the Virtools 3D technology, and the services available to the industry, all of which will hopefully also be available to the public soon.

Let us wish this project the best of luck. It seems to already have had some success in its world; the French online magazine post.fr is using it to promote the first 100% virtual show for example. Further proof that the service could have a future in the development of professional 3D videos, a domain that should interest many in the near future.